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| Name | Class |
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| Horselvarden Region Ostergotland | OTHER |
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The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to test a online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users. The main questions it aims to answer are short- and long-term effects on the emotional and social consequences of hearing loss that the participants experience, use of communications strategies, experienced listening in complex sound environments and perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice and the online hearing support. |
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| Control group | Active Comparator | Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users | Behavioral | Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice and the online hearing support consists of five chapters that aim to give information, support, and advice to the new hearing aid users. The participants are assigned a new chapter between each visit at the clinic. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) | Assessing changes in emotional and social effects of hearing loss, self-perceived activity limitations and participation restrictions. Minimum 0 points to maximum 100 points. Higher score indicates greater emotional and social effects of hearing loss. | Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The 12-item Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) | Assessing experience of listening in complex sound environments. Minimum 0 points to 120 points. Higher score indicates less problems with hearing in the specified situations. | Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Subjective impact of the intervention, reported by the users: Memory of the intervention | The participants are asked what they remember from their intervention. | 6 months post intervention |
| Subjective impact of the intervention, reported by the users: Seeking more or other information |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Marie Öberg | Horselvarden Region Ostergotland | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Audiologimottagningen Lund | Lund | Sweden |
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| Hearing rehabilitation according to common practice. | Behavioral | Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice. |
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| Communication Strategies Scale (CSS) |
Assessing changes in use of verbal, non-verbal and maladaptive communication strategies. Minimum 25 points to maximum 125 points. Higher score indicates a greater use of communication strategies. |
| Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. |
| The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) | Assessing changes in perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids. Minimum 7 points to maximum 35 points. Higher score indicates higher perceived effect. | Directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. |
The participants are asked if they searched for more or other information about hearing or hearing aids. |
| 6 months post intervention |
| Subjective impact of the intervention, reported by the users: Adverse effects | The participants are asked if they experienced any adverse effects of the intervention. | 6 months post intervention |
| ID | Term |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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